‘Kabul Express is an anti-war film’

Kabir Khan on location in Afghanistan

Kabir Khan, a film graduate from Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, has already made his mark as a documentary film-maker. His documentary The Taliban Years and Beyond was premiered at the Cork International Film Festival, 2003, Ireland, and was telecast on the Discovery Channel. Another documentary of his The Titanic Sinks in Kabul on environmental destruction in Afghanistan due to the war was selected for the prestigious 5th FICA Film Festival in Brazil.

And now Khan is all set to make his presence felt in Bollywood as the director of Yash Raj Film’s latest production Kabul Express. This is his first feature film and the script is based on his experiences in Afghanistan as a documentary film-maker.

The film has been written by him and shot entirely on location in Afghanistan.

I have my own share of creative involvement being the director of the film. Kabul Express is an anti-war film with Afghanistan as background. This is an intriguing, topical story set in post 9\ 11 war in Kabul, Afghanistan. All actors have been cast according to the nationalities of the characters. John Abraham, Arshad Warsi play the lead roles along with Salman Shahid (Pakistan) Hanief Hum Gum (Afghanistan) and Linda Arsenio (USA).

Aditya Chopra agrees to anything that is needed to better the film, irrespective of the budget involved. This is one good quality in him.

—D. P.